Mirror images: Mother-daughter look-alike photos

It’s that time of year again when we make SFGate readers laugh and cry with photographs of mothers and daughters. Please email images to moms@sfgate.com by May 8 at midnight and we will feature a gallery of reader photos on Mother’s Day.

Photo: Beverly Zalan

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Some mothers and daughters go biking together.

Some mothers and daughters go biking together.

Photo: Beverly Zalan

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Some mothers and daughters brave wild rapids together.

Some mothers and daughters brave wild rapids together.

Photo: Debbie Bliss

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This mother and daughter walked in an anti-war march together.

This mother and daughter walked in an anti-war march together.

Photo: Barbara Bagot Lopez

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All mothers and daughters laugh together.

All mothers and daughters laugh together.

Photo: Brandi Brandes

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Some daughters support their mothers through cancer.

Some daughters support their mothers through cancer.

Photo: Debbie Chong

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Some mothers support their daughter's through cancer.

Some mothers support their daughter's through cancer.

Photo: Cherri Chiodo

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This daughter gave her mother a kidney.

This daughter gave her mother a kidney.

Photo: Pamela Dubose

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All mothers and daughters enjoy spending quality time together.

All mothers and daughters enjoy spending quality time together.

Photo: Sky Wallace

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Some mothers and daughters have the same hair.

Some mothers and daughters have the same hair.

Photo: Taylor Emerson

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Like this mother and daughter.

Like this mother and daughter.

Photo: Karen Juster Hecht

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And this mother and daughter.

And this mother and daughter.

Photo: Sonia Wieland

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And this mother and daughter have the same big feet.

And this mother and daughter have the same big feet.

Photo: Cassie Blair

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All mothers and daughters enjoy acting silly together.

All mothers and daughters enjoy acting silly together.

Photo: Sky Wallace

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Some mothers and daughters go to Hardly Strictly Blue Grass together.

Some mothers and daughters go to Hardly Strictly Blue Grass together.

Photo: Gavriel Elkind

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Some mothers and daughters fly to Hawaii together.

Some mothers and daughters fly to Hawaii together.

Photo: Elizabeth Sonderm

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Some mothers and daughters go to the beach together.

Some mothers and daughters go to the beach together.

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This mother and daughter went to see a drag queen performance.

This mother and daughter went to see a drag queen performance.

Photo: Lannie Fehlberg

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And this mother and daughter went to see the Bay Bridge light show together.

And this mother and daughter went to see the Bay Bridge light show together.

Every spring, SFGate invites readers to share photos depicting the uncanny likenesses between mothers and daughters — because, let’s face it, women can’t help but be like their mothers. Our mothers are ingrained in us, whether we have our mother’s sparkly eyes, our mother’s passion for Broadway musicals, or our mother’s knack for making a perfectly flaky pie crust. Above is a collection of reader images from 2013, and this year we look forward to adding to the gallery.

Please email images to moms@sfgate.com by May 8 at midnight and include “Mother-Daughter Look-Alike” in the subject line. We will feature a gallery of reader photos on Mother’s Day.

Get creative and use your imagination. Photos showing similarities in appearance are certainly welcomed, but we’re also looking for images that demonstrate other sorts of likenesses.

Maybe you and your mom are fabulous cooks and so a photo of the two of you in the kitchen wearing chef hats might be appropriate. Or maybe you’re both rock climbers and so a photo of the two of you scaling a wall could work. Think about what quality, talent, or hobby you both share and then find or take a photo to bring that alive.

And for more inspiration take a look at these photographs from year’s past.